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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Michaels Stores Inc. says the PIN pads at stores in 20 states were tampered with, potentially exposing customer's credit and debit card information.
The Irving, Texas-based arts and crafts supplier said earlier this month that the tampering appeared to have happened in its Chicago-area stores. Michael's said Wednesday that the problem affected checkout line terminals at stores in Illinois, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
Michaels said it has identified roughly 90 PIN pads in its 964 U.S. stores that showed signs of tampering. The company disabled and quarantined suspicious PIN pads and removed another 7,200 as a precautionary measure. Michaels is also screening all PIN pads in its Canadian stores
Michael found out about the tampering after banking and law enforcement officials contacted the company following reports of fraudulent transactions by customers. The company is working with payment card brands and issuers to identify the fraud. It is also assisting federal and state law enforcement authorities with their investigation.
Michaels urges customers to check their accounts for unauthorized transactions. Customers whose accounts were compromised should contact their card issuer directly.
A complete list of the stores locations where tampered PIN pads have been detected is at http://www.Michaels.com/ConsumerNotices.
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Depth to deliver sharks vs. humans multiplayer
Depth, an independently-developed multiplayer game about treasure hunters and man-eating sharks.
Though aiming to deliver a tense, stealth-driven experience, Alex of Team Depth, clarifies on the game forum that there will be plenty of action-packed moments to go around.
This friendly shark just wants you to be his chum.
Stealth is a big part of this game. Definitely. But I hope I didn't give the false impression it was all sneaking and no action. When action kicks up in Depth it's bloody, intense, and people lose lots of arms and legs.Depth's "full-body dismemberment" feature supports this claim. Sharks can attack (and forcibly remove) individual limbs of human divers, and biting off a diver's head is a sort of "finishing move" available after other limbs have been consumed, as are "torso bites," which are available to the largest sharks. Depth is currently under development as a PC-only title, but Team Depth notes that since the game is being built using UDK, versions for other platforms aren't out of the question. Depth will also be multiplayer-focused, and won't feature a single-player campaign, per se, though "you'll most likely be able to swim around with bots." Specs for Depth on PC are also yet to be determined. (via TIGSource) Reposted from Indie Games Channel with permission.
I just wanted to make sure people didn't think they'd be jumping in the water with a bazooka and blowing sharks away. A huge part of the reason sharks are so frightening is that they maintain total superiority when you are in their habitat. I feel if we take that away, you might as well just be fighting terrorists or something.
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Introducing Andrei Platonov
Andrei Platonov's face, looking out from one of his last photographs, is the face of a tired Russian worker. It has not a trace of affectation, no hint of what is called "artistic temperament," no monumental profundity, no "oracular brilliance" in the eyes.
People with faces like this do not like eloquence. They prefer the pains-taking study of the intricate mechanics of living, and before believing something, they want to feel it all over with their hands.
It's the face of a worker who thinks—the face of a master.
The prose Platonov wrote has just this kind of face.
Not long before the second World War, a short story called. "The Third Son" by this Russian writer Platonov, who was almost unknown in the West, fell into the hands of Ernest Hemingway, who was already famous. At a meeting with some Soviet journalists, Hemingway spoke with admiration of the pithiness and the expressiveness of Platonov's style. (Hemingway did not know that Platonov had written a brilliant article about his novels To Have and Have Not and A Farewell to Arms.) To their shame, by no means all of the journalists taking part in this conversation with Hemingway knew the work of their compatriot. Platonov was not spoiled by fame during his life, either at home or abroad. He belongs among the delayed-action writers, whose talent is like a safety fuse which runs many years in length. This fuse smolders unseen but persistent, staying dry even under the drizzle of time, until finally a blinding explosion destroys bridges that had seemed built for eternity.
Platonov's talent was noticed by Gorky. Fadeyev and Sholokhov, who had both official critical recognition and wide readership, admired his talent in spite of many differences of their own with the direction in which he was moving. They understood very clearly that somewhere far from the center of the literary stage, which was flooded by limelight, there burned the quiet but steady candle of a remarkable master. And toward this independent, proud candle, away from the limelight, they both moved hat in hand.
Platonov's destiny did not work out as theirs did, and while these writers were in the center of the public eye, Platonov was, as it were, on its very edges.
But the literature of any people is always a big city. Only the superficial judge the real spirit of a city by its well-known avenues and its public squares, obligingly advertised by the tourist agencies. For old residents and thoughtful visitors, a city reveals itself most often in the outskirts where the tourist buses do not go. There, away from the noise and the congestion inside the city limits, you can feel the city's enduring quality. The outskirts reveal the true meaning of the center more than the center shows the meaning of the outskirts. The coarse, sorrowing life of the outskirts is always more…
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Papal voyage prior to Easter will be Benedict's second to Latin America.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Dec. 12 that he will visit Cuba and Mexico in March next year.
The Holy Father made the announcement at St. Peter's Basilica during an evening Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Mass marked the bicentenary of the independence of many Latin American nations, including Mexico.
The announcement confirmed remarks Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi made to reporters on Nov. 10, when he noted that the Pope hoped to visit a Spanish-speaking country in the region, Mexico being the largest one. Father Lombardi also identified Cuba as "another country that really wants to see the Pope," adding that a papal visit there could offer great encouragement to the people and the country "in an important period of their history."
Benedict has made just one visit to Latin America as Pope: In 2007, he visited the Portuguese-speaking nation of Brazil.
The March visit will coincide with the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of Cuba. That Caribbean nation remains under communist rule, although some minor economic reforms have been announced in recent years.
Meanwhile, Mexico's Church is grappling with the challenges posed by increasing religious pluralism. According to a recent census reported in the Dec. 13 edition of the Latin American Herald Tribune, more than 1,000 Mexicans left the Catholic Church every day over the last decade, adding up to some 4 million fallen-away Catholics between 2000 and 2010. Catholics are still the vast majority, however, numbering 92.9 million out of a total population of 112 million.
Like the rest of the country, the Catholic Church in Mexico is also affected by drug trafficking. At times, donations are reportedly provided by dubious benefactors, new chapels are built with drug money and dozens of priests have been transferred, following death threats from drug gangs. Some argue that the Church lacks a formal strategy on how to deal with the cartels.
The Pope views his visit to both countries as important for evangelization, and his trip will take place four years after the Latin American bishops embarked on an intensive effort to advance the New Evangelization in the region. The papal trip is expected to help prepare the entire Church for the Year of Faith, which is scheduled to begin in October 2012.
Speaking to the Register shortly before the announcement, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said the planned visit would be "very exciting," not only for Cuba and Mexico, but also for the United States.
"So many people in the United States were born in Mexico, and so his visit there is of great interest also to Mexican people in the United States," he said. The Capuchin archbishop noted that many Cuban immigrants live in the Eastern part of the U.S.
"A lot of the leadership of the Hispanic community in Philadelphia is Cubans, so the Holy Father's visit there will have a special interest to the people of Philadelphia," he said. "I think it's wonderful."
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Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, said that regardless of what structural or political changes one might see in Cuba as a result of the Holy Father's visit, "the Cuban people will be encouraged by his pastoral concern and the attention of the world focused on the island nation as a result."
Blessed John Paul II made a historic visit to Cuba in 1998, nine years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Father Sirico recalled that much of the world's media covered the Polish Pope's visit to the island nation until the Monica Lewinski-President Bill Clinton scandal broke during the trip.
"As one who was in Havana at the time, there was a palpable change in the atmosphere knowing that the world's attention was deflected elsewhere," Father Sirico remembered.
"Nonetheless, the Cuban people were greatly encouraged, and there was an easing of repression against the Church, at least for a time. In sum, anything that puts the reality of Cuba under the microscope is a good thing, or, to use the words of Blessed John Paul on his visit, 'Let Cuba be open to the world and the world to Cuba.'"
The timing of the visit comes at a critical juncture for the Cuban Church. Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the longtime archbishop of Havana, has submitted his resignation in accordance with canon law, and the appointment of his successor is pending.
"Even if that appointment does not come for some time, a visit by the Pope to Cuba will greatly inform his final decision," Father Sirico said.
The priest suggested that it is "not inconceivable" that an ailing Fidel Castro, who led the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and ruled the country until 2008, may be gone by the time Pope Benedict arrives there. And even if he were still alive, "his personal presence will no doubt be attenuated, which is not a small thing in a place where he has been a looming figure for so long."
Castro's brother, Raul, who succeeded Fidel as president, is also a communist, but Father Sirico believes he might be "more willing to face the reality of what socialism has done to Cuba." Raul Castro has permitted some tentative reforms regarding property rights.
Vatican Outreach
Father Sirico views the current leadership as "looking for a way out" of economic stagnation. A willingness to reach out to the Vatican may be a sign the communist regime seeks a new approach.
In 2008, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone visited Cuba, and the Holy See's "foreign minister," Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, traveled there last year.
"A Cuban priest told me when I was there that even some members of the Communist Party had entered an RCIA program and were converting to Catholicism," Father Sirico said. "This creates tensions both within the Communist Party, who cannot tolerate any religious commitment, and within the Church, where the faithful may be dubious of the sincerity of these converts."
Archbishop Chaput said he was "astonished" that Cuba is still communist. "The revolution took place a long time ago, and the leadership is still in place," he said. "So, we'll see, in God's time."
When the Pope makes his second papal visit to Latin America, he will be less than a month short of his 85th birthday. Archbishop Chaput marveled at the Holy Father's stamina; when he was still a cardinal, he had suggested that his travel days were over.
"Despite his age, he's doing that [traveling] in an extraordinary way, very joyously," he said. "I'm really happy he's able to do that. I'm quite surprised because I don't know when I'm his age whether I'd have that energy, but he's giving a good example of pastoral availability and love."
Edward Pentin writes from Rome.


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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As the Miami Heat prepare for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, there's a good chance one of the Heat's key pieces won't be available for the team in that game.
Heat catalyst center Chris Andersen tangled with Indiana Pacers power forward Tyler Hansbrough early in the second quarter. The two have been going at it during the conference finals and things almost got really ugly.
Andersen dropped a shoulder as the two were coming back up the court and knocked Hansbrough to the floor. Andersen continued standing where Hansbrough was and then got face to face with Andersen at which point Andersen shoved Hansbrough with two hands.
Both players were assessed a technical foul and Andersen was hit with a flagrant 1 foul as well. Many thought Andersen should have been ejected from the game for his actions. As soon as Andersen shoved Hansbrough, the Pacers coaches immediately got in front of the bench players and head coach Frank Vogel came on the court to separate the two players.
The two teams have almost been at the others' throat multiple times, but to the benefit of both squads the teams have shown good restraint until Andersen's incident.
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Brett Barker graduated from the inaugural class at Charleston School of Law in 2007. And he is back there again; as Assistant Dean of Students for Evening Administration. Recently he took a few minutes to speak with me about public service and pro bono legal service.
I understand that one of the goals of Charleston School of Law is "to teach the practice of law as a profession, having as its chief aim providing public service." Do you think that this goal, along with the school's emphasis on pro bono legal service influenced you?
The Charleston School of Law's emphasis on pro bono work had an enormous influence on me. I started working with Marvin Feingold at Pro Bono Legal Services (PBLS) during my second year of law school. Pro Bono Legal Services awarded me the Nelson Mullins Crisis Ministries Fellowship during the summer prior to my third year of law school. These experiences helped solidify my commitment to pro bono and more importantly, how I could use my law degree to help those who have a critical need for legal services, especially those individuals who are homeless.
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It is difficult to attend the Charleston School of Law and not be drawn to pro bono work. The school instills in each student the duty attorneys have to serve pro bono clients. There are lectures, presentations and the 30 hours of pro bono requirement that expose you to the many rewarding opportunities available.
Please tell me about your current pro bono work.
I understand you're active working with Crisis Ministries and Pro Bono Legal Services. How did you first learn about these projects? In law school I began working with the Crisis Ministries Homeless Justice Project on the recommendation of Dean Saunders, Associate Dean of Students, at The Charleston School of Law. She was instrumental in starting the Crisis Ministries Legal Clinic, along with Jeff Yungman, a classmate. Jeff now serves as Director of the program. Through this relationship I also became involved in PBLS. I continued to volunteer with PBLS and Crisis Ministries. Both organizations have a support network of attorneys and paralegals that assist if needed. Most of the work I do for these organizations is in the family law and criminal practice areas.
Have you been actively involved with other pro bono projects?
I am active in my community. I serve on the Boards of the Folly Beach Exchange Club, Carolina Commuters, and the Boys and Girls Club Shaw Unit. I am the Treasurer for the James L. Petigru American Inn of Court. In the past I have served on the Executive Board of the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston and as the Vice Chair of The Birthday Foundation Board.
What was most rewarding to you?
I could use my law degree to help those who have a critical need for legal services, especially those individuals who are homeless.
Have you had any surprises over the years related to your pro bono service?
My pro bono clients have always been extraordinarily appreciative. The pro bono work that attorneys perform is truly life changing or can be life changing.
What have you learned by doing pro bono?
I have learned more than I can tell. I have learned so much from the non profits where I served. Following a clerkship, I hung out my shingle. I found that when I first started practicing no matter how busy attorneys were, they were always willing to serve as a mentor for me, especially when they found out that I was doing pro bono work. I was then able to take those practical skills and use them when I had clients with similar problems.
What do you want to tell other law students and/or attorneys about pro bono work?
It is very rewarding both professionally and personally.
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Welcome to the "All Things Altered" Blog Hop! You should be coming to me from Irit's Blog. If you are lost, see the list of blogs at the end of this post to make sure you visit everyone!
You may be wondering what this Blog Hop is all about. Several weeks ago, Pam at Scrapbook Flair got in touch with me and asked if I would take part in an altered art blog hop. I was happy to play along! I love altering stuff, and I love vintage and grunge style! Anyway, Pam put together a line-up of 14 designers, all making some fun and funky altered art for you to see.
Eillen Hull's Thoughts From My Studio: Sizzix Die (new release)
Scrapbook Flair – Grand Prize Altered Art Package, including a 10$ gift certificate from Ginger Snap Scraps and 15$ gift certificate from Oh My Crafts
Graphic 45 - Selection of 12x12 papers, The Magic of Oz 8x8 paper pad, Christmas Emporium Cling Stamps, G45 Flair Button
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3. Leave a message on Scrapbook Flair Blog telling Pam you did what you were supposed to do! {grin}
To win MY prize pack, just leave a comment on this post and I will draw one winner to win!
Enough chit chat! Here is my altered project. I wanted to make a project with a sewing theme for my mom, for Mother's Day. (Mom, if you are peeking, stop it!)
I altered a 10x10 artist canvas. I painted all the edges black, then used Mod Podge to attach fabbie Graphic 45 paper (Domestic Goddess Happy Homemaker). Once I had the paper all attached, I went to town adding sewing items. (I do NOT sew, but love sewing paraphernalia!)
I covered chipboard dress forms with paper and other odds and ends. I wanted this canvas to look like a sewing project was "in session."
The chipboard was all naked, meaning I had to do something with it...as in ALTER it. {grin} I sprayed the hanger and scissors with silver mica spray.
I found some fun embellishments in the button section of the craft store. The package contained a needle, thimble, and some other items. Very fun!
Remember, leave a comment, follow the blogs, and be ready to win! Now, hop on over to Cindi's Blog!
If you get lost during the blog (so sad to get lost!), here is the list of Designers!
Jess B.
Laura Evangeline
Gloria - YOU ARE HERE!
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Fashionista: Potpourri, Tags
Times Nouveau: Sitting Pretty, Bee's Knees
Domestic Goddess: Domestic Goddess, Miss Manners, Happy Homemaker
October Afternoon: The Thrift Shop 8x8
Maya Road: Chipboard large dress form, hanger, scissors
Basically Bare: Chipboard small dress form
Prima: Flower
Making Memories: Acrylic Paint Asphalt
Cosmic Shimmer: Mica Spray Silver
Spellbinders: Grand Calibur die cutting system; Nestabilities Square Swatches
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Friedrich Hayek was most taken by an observation Adam Ferguson made in this work that social structures of all kinds were "the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design". This led him to develop his notion of "spontaneous order":
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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Deutsche Bank downgraded the entire offshore-drilling sector Wednesday. As usual, the firm is late to the game -- I've been recommending that readers avoid this sector for months. However, this downgrade does present a good opportunity to remind investors why this group is non grata, as well as what could change that.
Look, oil is in a secular bear market. It's been in a bearish trend since the middle of September, when panic about Iran dissipated, and we can even trace it back to the end of Libyan activity in April. Only geopolitical events have managed to rally the oil market, and that fact continues to bolster this bear-market idea -- the fundamentals are just not there.
In the U.S., demand is down and supply is up. We're witnessing a continuing slowdown in Europe and plenty of indications that China is also slowing. Production is increasing in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Canada from oil sands. The fiscal cliff is coming, and if the U.S. goes over it, on its heels will be a probable 4% drop in gross domestic product. All signs portend a further weakening of oil prices.
Here's where the rubber meets the road in offshore drilling. It is by far the most expensive marginal source of oil. Of course, the cost per barrel is dependent upon the well and its technical challenges, but even the simplest deepwater well will cost about $35 a barrel to produce. Go deep, with necessary horizontal drilling, with remote sensor systems and blow-out preventers, and you can get up to a cost of $60 a barrel.
With oil above $100 per barrel, there's no problem in taking on these costs. But, in light of a seemingly slow-growth environment coming for the next several years, a concentration of assets is set to go to the cheapest sources -- old-fashioned drilling and even newfangled shale drilling techniques.
This is a trend I've been talking about for months, so I am not surprised by the dive in oil-services stocks or the DB downgrade. But an old saw in the fixed-income market makers says, "There are no bad bonds, only bad bond prices." With that in mind, some of my favorite offshore drillers are starting to reach very, very tasty numbers.
Seadrill (SDRL) has been the steadiest, although this name has been pumped by its strong dividend. Cameron (CAM) has been buoyed by mandated blowout-preventer upgrading. Even Weatherford (WFT), leveraged to expensive horizontal techniques and one of my least favored stocks, is getting interesting to me. $9? Hmm -- this one was once the top idea from Morgan Stanley. Are they that bad now? Probably not.
But this sector has bad mojo -- it's all going one way: down. Now's not the time to get cute and buy. But we are getting closer to finding value in this sector. I'll tell you when I'm biting.


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Designate between a "Group" and a "Solo" ride on Strava
This would allow Strava cyclists to tag a ride as a group ride or a solo ride, and also be able to sort segment leaderboards by those filters.
This would allow Strava cyclists to tag a ride as a group ride or a solo ride, and also be able to sort segment leaderboards by those filters.
"Is it interesting to see how you stack up? Sure. But let's not take this too seriously and ask to sub-divide the data every which way without a coherent understanding of what that would entail and how impossible it would be to genuinely make everything equivalent for results."
We're not taking it too seriously. We're asking to sub-divide the data in a way which is: 1) easy to determine and is always known (ie, nobody calculates average wind speed and direction over a segment effort, but everybody knows darn well if they were drafting or not) and 2) cleanly separates advantage from disadvantage (ie, drafting/group riders always have an advantage over solo riders)
Because of this, I keep pointing out that accounting for group/solo is less like accounting for wind and more like accounting for sex. Everybody knows what sex they were on each ride, and being one sex (male) is always an advantage over being the other one. So, Strava has chosen to give females their own leaderboard and QOM. So, if you're going to argue that there shouldn't be a group/solo distinction, then you should be prepared to explain why we shouldn't also get rid of the male/female distinction.
Point taken, Elle. I found this quote from a Strava UX designer apropos.
As Alex Mather, a user-experience designer at Strava, told me, "We joked about having a dad filter. It's your handicap, basically."
"...So, if you're going to argue that there shouldn't be a group/solo distinction, then you should be prepared to explain why we shouldn't also get rid of the male/female distinction...."
I'll bite! ...because when I lead a group of 50 riders over a serious climb, there is no argument over the disposition of my genitalia during the effort.
That's because we expect men to perform better. Now, if a woman was crushing all of the men in the hills, and if she wasn't clearly endowed with womanly features, then people would start to wonder. And this has happened in the past, with people for calling for chromosome tests of the freakishly-strong, burly-looking eastern-European weightlifters.
1 - You could ask. It's not like I'm trying to keep it a secret.
2 - Even though I've never raced (rather, probably because I've never raced), my position on Strava leaderboards plays a role in getting me to ride more often and try a little harder on my rides. That's kinda the point of the leaderboards.
3 - Knowing that I'm competing against people who are benefiting from drafting takes away from that motivation that the leaderboards are supposed to engender.
In conclusion: You're right. I've never raced. Lots of people in this discussion never have. And that has absolutely no bearing upon the legitimacy of the arguments for/against a "solo" leaderboard.
No need to be elitist, Derek. (Lousy, slow, old) Cat 2 (road) here.
I've never raced, and I don't want to - despite guys in the trying to get me into vets racing.
Doesn't change my opinion that a solo/group ride flag is pointless. And yes - I know that Joe is likely to immediately respond with a point-by-point defence of his opinion - which is fine, because we're all entitled to our own opinions.
Me? As I've said before - I take notice of segment positions on climbs (either short and steep, or long and alpine-ish). I don't even bother looking at tables for flat sections.
Yes - I FULLY agree that Strava can be really motivating - but in my case, it's chasing someone in my own club. Honestly, I never bother trying to beat someone in a ranking who I don't know. Sometimes I look at where I am in the ranking in my age group, or my weight group - but usually just in my club.
I can appreciate that there are people who - for whatever reason - don't want to join a club. I suppose in those situations it's useful to compare yourself to strangers.
YAH! I always ride alone and would love to move up the ranking without having group assisted riders hogging all the good spots above me. It just CRUSHES my ego everytime I log on to see I'm STILL in the bottom 10% on every climb in my region................ maybe I'm just slow but still.
Well, I think the general consensus is that groups don't provide any advantage in climbs (unless your Cat-2 buddy is there yelling at you to suck it up and climb!). So, those people in *favor* of a solo-leaderboard are, essentially, arguing for them to be implemented for *flat* segments. Now "flat" could be something determined by Strava's computers (elevation-gain vs. total distance), or it could be done by rider consensus (a little like how we can flag segments as hazardous, we could also flag segments as, say, "draft-sensitive").
Really would be nice to see if I'm competing against a solo time or a group time, thanks!
I'm with Joe all the way. Started on the road in Dec, just did a first group ride today and wish I could separate my new segment PRs from the solo somehow. All I could do was 'hide' them for when my mates check out the ride, but the leader board will still show me as having jumped incredibly. It would also let me compare to my mates when they use the same function. One friend rarely does solo stuff so I can only think most of the time... " well, he's not THAT good cos he was in a group". Now, I know he's way better than me, but can't tell how much until this sort of feature is added for him as well. As for the 'racing species' here having a go at Joe ...grow up and get off the roids.
It would be good as a personal filter such as the age and weight filter, solo or group ride , It will never effect the overall score regardless. I haven't seen strava respond to this blog. Why?
I would like to have the option to sort my data using "solo" or "group". Today i was with friends on a road i normally train on alone . So now i have a bunch of new records set because i was much fresher having drafted in the group to get to where the segment started. So I would like to sort the data without those rides to more easily track my own training.
I don't think KOM rankings need to come into this – most of them aren't affected by whether the ride was a group ride or a solo ride, and there are other things that make just as much difference, e.g. wind conditions, how good a bike you're riding, whether the road has just been resurfaced, etc.
What would be useful, though, is just to have a box that you can check when you upload your ride to specify whether it was a group ride or not. It's useful simply to be able to see whether a ride of yours (or of someone else's) was ridden solo or not, as this will affect the ride's overall stats (and it's these stats that matter, not how many KOMs you managed to pick up on the way).
It needn't affect KOM rankings – I think this would just make KOMs too complicated and "serious"; it's supposed to be for fun. (And if a certain segment has this drafting problem, then who cares? Find another!). However, it would still be useful just to be able to mark rides as group/solo, for the sake of information (so that they can be filtered, for example).
Is Strava going to respond to this thread at all?
Will Vousden sprach: "most of them aren't affected by whether the ride was a group ride or a solo ride".
As much as I wish that were the case, it's just not backed up by the facts. Go look at a handful of flat segments. Usually, you'll find (from checking the dates and elapsed times) that about a full half of the top-10 on the leaderboard are from the same group ride. They are hugely affected by whether the ride was a group or solo ride.
I'm beginning to wish that Strava would remove KOM rankings from any segment that wasn't at least a Cat 4 climb. I'm getting truly sick and tired of the dozens of stupid little segments that are 100m sprints over bridges, or 200m sprints down (flat) busy roads, or country lanes.
Maybe it's fine for your guys who ride in the middle of nowhere - but if you ride in a busy area it's a real problem, that seems to be getting a lot worse recently.
Can't argue with you there. They *are* kinda taking over.
The only KOM I ever had was on a 1-mile sprint near my house. The only reason I got that was because I had been doing lots of squats at the gym, so my legs had great shot-duration power, but nothing useful for real cycling (always got dropped by the fast groups about 10 miles into their lunch rides), so I had no business being at the top of a cycling leaderboard.
My personal peeve involves the "speed traps" that people make... these little 10-foot segments just to measure how fast you were going at a certain spot (usually at the crest of a long climb). One problem with these is that, because your GPS is only sampling about once per second, it comes down to how many GPS samples were taken between the start and finish, which is usually 1, 2, or 3. So, you've got all of these guys tied for KOM with a speed of 56.312mph because their times all got rounded down to 1 sec. That, and the way to join the ranks at the top is just to loaf it on the hill and then just unload it all on the trap. And then you can take multiple tries, seeing if you can get the GPS timing to be just right. One of these days, I'm going to go do a "trap repeats" ride. :)
But, in the end, nobody's forcing you to effort all of those segments. In fact, Strava *does* auto-hide the unpopular ones. The do kinda clutter up the Explore map a bit, but, other than that, I don't see the real harm. It's just irritating that there are so many people who aren't about the long-term suffering... but, meh.... it's their body.
I support a tick box to mark rides as ITT's, but any auto-sorting will just lead to bad data.
Further those with knickers in a twist about groups taking your KoMs, chill the fudge out and find steeper climbs where group efforts can't help or join your local club. Seriously around here we use the term "windfarming" for when someone goes out on a 30km+ windy day and mops up KoMs. I descend like Andy Schleck but I've got a downhill KoM (solo for what it's worth) thanks to being pushed by an impending storm. I TTT'ed the same segment with my strongest friends the other day (one of whom would be a Cat 1 in the American system) and we all came up 3km/hr below my KoM, so being in or out of a group is sometimes only half the story. On the climbs around here I generally do better solo than with my friends because I can pace myself instead of going into the red responding to and instigating surges and attacks (the real time win is always more important than the Strava time).
Yes I race, yes I have more than a page of K0M's, no hardly any of them were earned on a group ride.
This should be automatic. Other person on the same segment at the same time = group ride. On the segment on your own = solo. Ok this will be unfair to some people however there must be some compromise in an imperfect system.
Here's another vote for the ability to filter group from individual effort! If there is a difference in performance because of age and weight, it is clearly true for individual versus group efforts.
I dropped 11 places in one day due to a group ride. Why should the pack-sucking wart on the back of a group ride place higher than a heroic solo effort?
While some argue that it doesn't matter "why" someone else is faster, I argue that we collectively distinguish between ITT and TTTs at all levels of sport. Another argument is that groups don't affect hill climbs "much", however most segments are probably rolling hills or terrain where drafting makes a 10W to 100W difference.
I individually aim for KOM but will most likely will never beat the peloton.
And what if the KOM was the guy at the front of the pack, pulling all the others?
And what happens when a Pro rides out, and takes the KOMs? Yes - I see that on the rides that I do. And yes - on the segments around here, there are always other guys in my club who are *way* faster than me. And they will always be - because they're either half my age, or they've been racing for 10 years, or they're simply a faster cyclist.
There are simply so many variables, you're never going to make this fair. And anyway - not everyone who rides a segment is on Strava. I've been out on plenty of rides where guys (and girls) without Garmins go faster than me.
As a club-mate has put on his Strava title page: "Strava is not racing"
I think that all the points have been made. For me it comes down to this: what would it hurt? Giving us more ways to sort or measure—what would it hurt? If it were completely voluntary—who would it hurt? If it wasn't used to take away or award KOM/QOMs—what would it hurt?
If it would be completely useless to you personally—so what?
If it were enabled/filtered by pressing a button—just as age and weight are now—why do you care?
Why not let what looks to be a sizable number of users have what THEY want?
Perhaps Strava should circulate a questionnaire to premium members (since those are the ones paying for the programmer's time) - and see whether people want this feature, compared to other possible updates.
Surely that's the most democratic way to bring this year-long thread to an end...
The group ride preference people and more serious riders/trainers are the ones opposing the change yet they are the ones with more fruit, devices and options to gauge their own performance so why do they need to even use Strava? There are other apps that do similar functions without comparisons to each other aren't there? It seems they are opposed to a change that simply removes ONE of the corrections that can be made easily to the app. Anything is an improvement to a system that is effectively another cheat in the eyes of people wanting to gauge their OWN performance v's others OWN performance. George Cory points out the ways good & pro riders can KOM near a group segment finish and if that's their 'style', they could easily be flagged. If a KOM rider was 'dragging the group along' then they should be able to do the same thing on their own too. If not, and they received some assistance during the segment, then it's another 'cheat' method not worthy of a KOM. If Strava has all the GPS data, it could weed out such events. I am not a premium member BECAUSE the KOM system is flawed by group rides, so I don't think a vote should be restricted to them either. I'll gladly pay up if the groupies can get over the fact it would be easy too IMPROVE the situation... not perfect, but IMPROVE. Honesty is one thing but functionality is another.
Click the following link to see an example of why auto "clumping" rides as groups or solo won't work http://app.strava.com/activities/23084562# That is Luke Roberts of Tewam Milram's Stage 5 data from the 2010 Tour Down Under (ProTour 2.1). He is the only member of the pro peloton to have posted that stage's data. He will probably always show up as having ridden that race by himself. He was helping Thomas Rohregger win the KoM classification.
I can find lots of other data sets in this area generated by a World Tour team training in a bunch but with only one of them uploading to Strava. Only a handful of those guys share their data publicly so it often looks like they're riding around by themselves when they are with up to to eight other guys. An optional tick box may work, but it's always going to be pretty meaningless.
Seriously guys I so hope some of you get your way and Strava automatically assigns people into group or solo. A good chunk of my fastest friends don't publicly share all their data so if I make some good coffees I'll be cleaning up the ITT tables without ever having to put my front wheel into the wind. And when a club two-up time trial comes up, I might have to choose my partner based on whether or not they're a Strava user or not.
I'd be surprised if 1 out of 10 A Graders (Cat 1's in US speak) use Strava. Personally I did a lot of two person rides last season with a rider who races overseas but only sporadically uploads to Strava. And I know brothers who train together as a pair a lot during our Summer, only one of them uses Strava at all, the other one wears jerseys that have the letters BMC in big letters and he doesn't buy them from a shop.
I think the idea of auto-detection of group-vs-solo has been mostly abandoned (for reasons which, once one digs though the sarcasm, you list in your latest post). What currently seems like the plausible arrangement would be for "group" to be the default, and you'd have to explicitly mark your ride as solo. This would prevent people from, like you describe, being able to "passively cheat" by just being shrewd about riding only with non-Strava users. This way, they'd have to deliberately go on record as avowing that their ride was solo, which is a slightly higher psychological barrier than just riding with dudes without GPS's. Sure, someone could lie, but they can already lie about their gender and rack up QOM's, so we've already accepted that determined dweebs can deliberately cheat the system.
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- John said...
I don't see prayer the way the video portrays it. I define prayer as communion with Ultimate Reality, whether it is regaurded as personal, impersonal, or beyond them both. The way I see it, prayer defines human nature in it's highest sense, in its efforts at spiritual attainment, and inner change of heart, mind, and behavior. It is the fundamental and perennial method of scaling the heights and probing the depths of The Real.
- December 16, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Unknown said...
What kind of dressing do you serve with your word salad?
- December 16, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Mark Plus said...
"Praying" always struck me as weird and creepy. I remember feeling that way about it even as a child, though I saw it often enough when my parents took me to a Southern Baptist church. Repeated exposure to prayer didn't habituate me to it, in other words.
In the alternate reality I call Rational World, I can just imagine how people would react if they saw someone in prayer for the first time. When they realized that the person praying didn't hold a cell phone in his hand or have one stuck in his ear, they might say, "Excuse me, but who are you talking to? There's nobody there!"
Of course, religious people can do a lot worse, like the cuttings and flagellation Shia Muslims subject themselves and their sons to on their Ashura "holiday." No doubt many christians find Ashura's bloody rituals disturbing, even though they resemble what the Romans reportedly did to Jesus before his crucifixion, especially as Mel Gibson portrayed it. Yet these Muslims do it to themselves!
- December 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Manifesting Mini Me (MMM) said...
Just a friendly awareness alert, but God didn't respond to the taunts of "prove yourself!" made by cynics -- He doesn't enable attitudes or approaches that continue the cycle of cruelty.
Also, the thing about the spiritual realm is that it is not uncommon to project our experiences upon it --- When I practiced worshipping a Jesus idol, I never really conscientiously noticed that the vision I was praying to was a black void or alternately, a man whose back was turned toward me with his arms folded in scorn. I didn't realize, until God intervened, that this image was one that came from my firsthand, unrealized emotional experience conformed within my primary relationships.
Jesus told the truth of both the worldly nature and of divine nature, (the latter which does not condemn inspite of our misconstrued projections of Him). Since God does not condemn (and I believe Him) God's condemnation no longer is an issue =--- rather, we ought to focus and consider, who, in our very real, everyday lives, would be the ones standing in heaven, keeping us outside the gates because of our own infected desire to condemn???? Who, in the very real here-and-now, keeps us from fully enjoying our lives? Who would keep you out of heaven - would it be those pesky evangelicals and beleivers? a family member? A politician or a pop idol? Maybe a used car salesman? Jesus??
Now one can begin to realize the potential and practical application of the Lord's prayer, which says, "your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"....
Take care,
Take care,
- December 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Unknown said...
@Manifesting Mini Me (MMM)
So basically you are saying that prayer is just a running commentary on what God is going to do anyway?
He does what he does whether we like it or not and we should just stand by saying 'Oh God, what a bloody great job you are doing.'
That you were created as a sycophant?
Is this a meaningful existence?
- December 16, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- Ignerant Phool said...
Praying was probably the most frustrating thing for me when I was a believer.
Why would a god ask us to pray the way Jesus did as if the whole world knows him? Who is he talking to, Jews only? Here we have a god telling people to pray, which consequently means if one didn't hear, one has missed out on many blessings and the good that would have come their way if only they had prayed.
What does praying really mean, I just don't understand it. Does it mean that if I don't pray nothing good will ever happen to me? Does it mean that God won't help me in a certain situation if I don't ask for his help. I've seen people who gets some sort of disease, prays to God that if he lets them survive, they'll go to church every Sunday. I respond," what are you saying?" "Are you saying that if you didn't pray God would have let you die?"
It is as if saying if God didn't tell us to pray, he would do nothing for us. What kind of a god is that? Why do I have to pray? Did I pray for my existence? No, but I'm here. Did I pray for all the good thing that's happened to me? No, but they did, and still do. The worst part is, you could pray "until God comes", and it will never be answered. I Know someone who is going through a life and death family situation at this time. To help them get through it all, constant prayer is the remedy says the mom. One day the daughter who recently denounced Christianity (for Deism) got frustrated with her mother and said she was tired of praying because it wasn't helping their situation. I thought, "exactly!" "Good for her!"
The fact that I'm being told that a god said this is another example of his pettiness. Praying is asking me to ignore what is of consequential occurrence, and to instead lie to myself that is was Gods doing. So I cannot "for the love of God" make any sense of Jesus telling people to pray, period. And this is one of the reasons why to me he was no where near divine.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- Mark Plus said...
People today who treat prayer like OnStar certainly look foolish, even though the bible provides many examples of prayer working that way. And it can have harmful real-world consequences, like in this story. I can therefore see why many christians have redefined prayer in less embarrassing ways.
- December 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM


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I know a lot of images and things are still not fully functioning. Sorry about that. The forum is now open under the new URL of http://mkforum.net/. http://www.mkforum.net/forum/ is no longer going to work. Eventually for the medal presentation, it will fall under http://mkforum.net/medal/ but it is not yet uploaded. I will probably play with some of the organization too. If some of you have suggestions please let me know. The move was because we were on a virtual private server which was much more expensive than the forum required, and it's been several years that we no longer required the extra bandwidth. We are now on a shared serving plan, which is much more comparable given the smaller number of users on the site.
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West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur – Premier League – 3rd February 2013
Gareth Bale was once again the match-winner for Spurs on Sunday, as the north Londoners moved to within one point of third-placed Chelsea in the table.
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JANICE LEE is the author of KEROTAKIS (Dog Horn Press, 2010), Daughter (Jaded Ibis, 2011), Damnation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2013), Reconsolidation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2015), and The Sky Isn't Blue (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016). She also has several chapbooks Red Trees, Fried Chicken Dinner (Parrot/Insert Press, September 2012), The Other Worlds (Eohippus Labs, June 2012), and The Transparent As Witness (Solar Luxuriance, 2013), a collaboration with Will Alexander. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she is Editor of the #RECURRENT Novel Series, Assistant Editor at Fanzine, Executive Editor at Entropy, and Founder/CEO of POTG Design.
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hey i know we advertising ppl live in a world of our own but did any of y'ulle hear?barack obama applied for the job of Prez of the United States of America and he got the job. pretty cool, huh?
gives me hope about my own dreams of becoming the President of the United States of America. LOL you can all probably guess that's not reaaally my dream. like the parents of some rich hot chick in some movie said, Why would i want to waste my looks by using my brain?
Don't worry y'ulle. There's no danger of me using my brain any time soon. I'm very happy doing ppls nails (metaphorically speaking). I know that ppl value what i do and that i am useful and provide a service to someone, somewhere, and that's all that matters, right?
Well…I'm not so sure anymore. You know as long as things are going badly (Southafricanland's future president is a criminal & there's a recession) i feel pretty okay with my lot because i can compare it too how bad things must be for other people (like any one of Jacob Zuma's possibly HIV infected 9 wives or anyone who's been retrenched due to the recession). But now that things have gone so well for Obama i kinda want to know when i can achieve my dream of being a respected copywriter-pop artist with my hit single 'I Wanna Be Ur Facebook Girlfriend' and the video in which i am naked except for *Sparkles* the editors have put on my hoo-hoo in post-production, while i dance against a slippery wall in the LA desert.
Other tracks i have possibly lined up for my album include "Deep Etched Sex", "Word Of My Mouth", "Let's Get Tactical", "Sex Sells" and "Buy Me More". let's not forget my special track in honour of Obama called "Wham Bam Thank You M'am". of course, i would release them for free on myspacebookster first, along with stills from the *Sparkles* scene, and get at least 1 alcohol or sneaker sponsor before i even started speaking to labels, so i know that i still have a lot of work ahead of me. luckily i am very pretty so it goes without saying that i work hard and am determined.
do y'ulle feel similarly affected by Obama's success? are you jealous / resentful / envious / angry / horny? does Obama's success make you want to consume brands that position themselves as successful in any way? like does it make you want to trade in your Mac for a Dell? or maybe you want to play PS3 instead of Wii now to honour the fact that the President of the USA is black and no longer white? does Obama's success make you want to smoke expensive cigars and drink expensive whisky while you talk about expensive brandy in your expensive 'businessman's hotel' on your expensive trip to Japan? I'm just trying to get a feel for what kind of 'knock-on effect' or 'paradigm shift' will come about as a result of this new president meme.
Obama has a lot of hard work ahead of him. he's probably stressing, and obviously the Oval Office will now be working double time figuring out endorsement deals and what kind of brands will be appropriate as sponsors for their new pres. he's probably feeling a bit confused as to which offers he should accept and which he should decline and 'bank for later'. it will be a very difficult role. i would have a very tough time deciding between wearing Armani or Hugo Boss (and that's just suits, we haven't even touched on fragrance yet). Louis Vuitton is probably a bit tacky for luggage for a pres – i would advice him to go Gucci, maybe Prada. just thinking about the kinds of tough brand decisions Obama will have to make kinda gets me dizzy and wondering whether i'd really be able to cope with the pressures of fame.
i mean, an entire generation of men and their girlfriends are relying on him to save them from the grave fashion errors Bush is known for making. i salute you, Obama. you are a brave man to take on these challenges. but you have looked very well groomed and hot thus far, so i have a lot of faith that you will surround yourself with the hottest stylists and some honest fashion advisors and it will all be okay.
analysing Obama's success like this has totally given me insight into how i can achieve my own success. see here i was giving myself 'specialist online skills' and 'building my niche appeal through experience with social media' to differentiate myself from all the other copywriter-pop stars out there, but all i really need is a good stylist and a wax therapist that i can trust. my eyes have been opened. i'm gonna change my facebook status right away. i now have concrete goals and a vision. i'm gonna start right now by getting a belly ring. yes i can, y'ulle!


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The planning will update automatically when the driver accepts the order and also updates the system when the job is finished. The working hours will be adjusted accordingly to the relevant order.
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VKO Software & Support Utrecht BV is a company specializing in the development of innovative software and software applications and IT services. This includes automation for the glass industry, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and custom software.


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Has FlashForward become the next show to fall afoul of network micromanagement? ABC have halted production on the series until after Thanksgiving in order to — according to an official statement — "boost the writing."
This news follows both the show's steady fall in the ratings — last week saw the series beaten by Fox's Bones for the first time; overall, FlashForward has lost a third of its audience since its premiere — and co-showrunner Marc Guggenheim leaving staff last month. An ABC spokesman said that the reason for the production halt was because the network wanted "to maintain the high quality of the show, and this gives the writers the opportunity to do so."
This shutdown follows ABC's similar decision for V in August, a halt that grew in length and led to two different replacements of showrunner before the series even premiered. Is FlashForward co-creator and current showrunner David Goyer about to find himself ousted in favor of someone that ABC feels more comfortable taking the show to April 29th 2010?
ABC halts 'FlashForward' [Variety]


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I would like to learn Italian
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Linguaphone Italian Complete is a suitable course for anyone who wants to learn Italian for the purpose of real-life communication, whatever their special interests may be. Don't worry if you haven't been studying for some time. It's very easy to follow and geared to help you progress rapidly. There's no pressure here. You'll learn at your own pace and in your own time. English instructions are provided throughout the course so it's a bit like having your own personal tutor.
- 8 audio language CDs containing sounds section , lessons, spoken exercises and lots of supplementary material. An online subscription is included in your purchase. By logging-in, you can access your Italian course audio anywhere in the world and play the audio tracks on any internet enabled device such as a computer, smartphone or tablet.
- A 316 page handbook which provides step-by step lesson plans, full grammatical explanations and fun activities.
- A 224 page textbook containing the transcription of the CDs.
- A 160 page Written Exercise book – for practising writing using the language taught in each lesson.
- A 128 page Oral Exercise book – with spoken exercises to improve your accent and pronunciation.
- A Study guide - contains full instructions of how to plan your study to get the most out of your course.
The course is divided into separate levels. There is a revision scheme and regular self assessment tests to ensure you retain the new language as you progress through the course. After only a couple of weeks you'll be surprised at just how much you've learnt. Although it's possible to complete the course within 12 weeks, with Linguaphone you can study in your own time and at your own pace.
It's an enjoyable, yet highly effective way of learning Italian.
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For your complete peace of mind, Linguaphone offers a 21 day money back guarantee on all CD and Digital courses. So, in the unlikely event that you are not happy with your course after 21 days, you can return it to us.
The Linguaphone method is based on two simple principles:
- You learn faster when you enjoy what you are doing.
- You make progress if the sort of language you learn is useful and presented in a believable, familiar context.
Speaking Italian is an active skill - something you learn by doing, not just studying. This is the practical approach taken by Linguaphone to language learning. You will start to speak Italian during the very first lesson. The course begins simply, building your confidence session by session. Soon after, longer sentences are introduced to enable the expression of more detailed and complex thoughts. But the course always concentrates on useful, authentic everyday words and situations. The result is that, after completing a Linguaphone Complete Italian course, you will have a thorough understanding of the Italian language and be able to converse with and understand real people speaking the language.
The study sequence, LISTEN, UNDERSTAND and SPEAK, used in Linguaphone courses is fundamental to the Linguaphone method of learning.
Listening to native Italian speakers is the most relaxing and involved way to learn, helping you associate the sounds you hear with the words and sentences you read. The native Italian speakers in this course begin by speaking slowly (but without distorting the intonation of the language) and, as the course progresses, speak at normal speed.
By listening and reading the language, you begin to discover what each word means. Everyday objects have exciting new names. Gradually words, then phrases, become clear and your reading, writing and speaking of the Italian language will improve.
Many people find that speaking their new language is the hardest part. But Linguaphone's method makes sure that you start speaking Italian from the very first lesson with the correct pronunciation. Imitating the voices of the native Italian speakers on the course will help you get used to the intonation and accent. Later on in the course, you will have the opportunity to take part in conversations. Each lesson introduces new themes featuring useful Italian words and phrases thus developing your conversational skills and confidence.
This Italian language course is suitable for beginners as no previous knowledge of the Italian language is necessary. It's also a popular choice for those who may have learned some Italian in the past and want to refresh and improve.
The course covers Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels in the Italian language . It's important to remember that a Linguaphone Italian course does not simply teach you handy words and phrases. The course is designed to teach you how the language works and how to use it effectively in any real life situation. So whether it's for work or pleasure, Linguaphone will give you the confidence to speak Italian freely and with flair.
As you encounter new vocabulary (more than 2,000 words) you will also be taught structures that will allow you to understand and be understood. You'll be speaking Italian in no time. For example
- Expressing your opinion e.g. Talking about yourself / making light conversation / socialising / business scenarios
- Dealing with hospitality e.g. Hotels, restaurants, bars etc
- Travel and transport e.g. directions, public transport, car hire, etc
- Out and about – e.g. shopping, post office, bank and local authorities
- Emergencies – e.g. doctor, dentist, hospital, police etc.
+ many more practical topics and everyday situations
A word of advice in choosing any language course; don't worry too much about just learning vocabulary and phrases, if that's all you want, just buy a phrasebook. If you really want to know how to speak Italian, how to freely express your thoughts and feelings, how to comfortably understand native Italian speakers and how to call yourself a Italian Speaker – then choose Linguaphone. It's like having your own private tutor, at home.
Talk to one of our language experts on UK: 020 3603 6554, ROI: 01 9022240 or e-mail your questions to [email protected]
We understand that buying a Linguaphone Italian Complete course is an investment. For your complete peace of mind, Linguaphone offers a 21 day money back guarantee. This Guarantee allows you to order the course and trial it for 21 days. It allows you to start studying your language and gives you enough time to try out the course and decide whether it is for you. In the unlikely event that you are not happy with your course or find it to be unsuitable you can return it to us. You don't even need to give a reason. All we ask is that you return it to us in good condition.
Our Satisfaction Guarantee is another reason why we have over 7 million satisfied customers worldwide. Linguaphone has an unrivalled reputation for producing only the highest quality language courses and offering industry leading standards of customer service.
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For your complete peace of mind, Linguaphone offers a 21 day money back guarantee on all CD and Digital courses. So, in the unlikely event that you are not happy with your course after 21 days, you can return it to us.
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- This course was recommended to me by a taxi driver in Milan. He must be on commission!
- good investment
- I bought this course 10 years ago and started it again recently. Linguaphone let me upgrade the Cds to digital for free. The weird thing about Linguaphone courses is that they're kind of infectious. It's like and old friend that you can drop in on... Read Morey time and catch up . I pick n andd choose the sections I like and revisit them again and again. Unfortunately they never brought out an expert level course like their other languages but it's a great investment if you want to achieve a reasonable standard of Italian. I'd say a B1 level.


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A confluence of developments had the markets trade lower this week.
With the passage of earnings season, we have an overall scenario of modest revenue and earnings growth. In my opinion, the current valuation based on price-to-earnings ratios of the market is neither cheap nor expensive. Outside of market fundamentals, there are several things going on:
August is vacation time and market trading volumes are quite low. This tends to create exaggerated market moves.
September 18th is the next meeting date of the Federal Reserve where the topic of tapering (a reduction in the $85 billion monthly bond buying program) will be considered. Since May, the Fed has set the table that it will likely do something in September but any move would be dependent on strength in economic data. As of late, such data has not been robust and odds of a taper appear to be less with today's decline in long-term rates. My best guess is that we will still see reduction in bond buying but it will be modest.
The unresolved question of who will replace Chairman Bernanke has people concerned for what may happen to Fed policies after he leaves. This is a legitimate concern but I doubt that a new person will want to rock the boat right away.
Debt ceiling and government funding will be coming up for debate and decision by our government. This should get resolved but brinksmanship may be part of the scenario again.
Lastly and perhaps most important is Syria and a likely military action. Most expect a response focused on specific targets. Despite this, reactions and consequences are the unknowns that the market appears to be concerned with.
The outlook of optimism has changed to an outlook of worry. Though things are probably going to be choppy over the next couple of months, the fundamental outlook of modest economic growth has not changed in my mind.
Outside of Syria, the list of worries listed above are likely to be addressed over the course of the next couple of months. I cannot make a call on how Syria will work out but it looks like the markets are starting to assume the worst. With all this, I think the current combination of fundamentals and expectations looks favorable from a long-term perspective.


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Saving money while making your vote count
Saving money while making your vote count
Saving money while making your vote count
On Election Day, when voters step to the polls and cast their ballots, not many are likely to wonder how the voting machines got there in the first place.
But someone had to deliver them, and that's not as easy as you might think. State and federal laws require optical scan voting machines that are larger, heavier, and more difficult to transport than the collapsible ballot box of old. In metropolitan areas, thousands of these machines have to be loaded onto trucks and transported to hundreds of precinct locations. Something as seemingly insignificant as an unforeseen traffic jam or too many red lights can result in a missed delivery time, possibly leading to delays and longer voting lines on Election Day.
But getting the machines to the polling places too early can also increase the risk of voter fraud, because the more time voting machines sit around before the polls open increases the possibility they could be tampered with.
Jeffrey Ohlmann
"There are numerous factors that play into distributing optical scan voting machines to polling places," says Jeffrey Ohlmann, an associate professor of management sciences in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business and an expert in operations research. "The number of voting machines, the number of polling locations requiring machine deliveries, and the number of trucks available to distribute them in a cost effective way are just the start of the analysis."
That was the situation facing Hamilton County in Ohio in 2006, the county's first election using the new, heavier machines. The county's Board of Elections contracted Ohlmann and Michael Fry, a colleague from the University of Cincinnati, to develop the most cost-efficient model to distribute thousands of optical scan voting machines to 531 polling places in and around Cincinnati in the days leading up to the May 2006 primary election.
Ohlmann and Fry had to overcome several unknowns in their work. For a given set of polling locations, they had to determine how to deliver the voting machines using the fewest number of trucks driving as few miles as possible to save money. One complicating factor was that each delivery had to be made at a time when the poll worker would be available to accept and secure the delivery at each location.
For the May election, poll workers for each precinct specified the day and time (typically a one- to four-hour time window) during which they would be available. To ensure delivery during these specified time windows, Ohlmann and Fry had to appropriately factor in traffic to accurately estimate travel times.
The poll workers' delivery day and time specifications greatly complicated the development of a voting machine distribution plan, though, so Ohlmann and Fry worked with election officials to solicit more flexible time windows from the poll workers for the general election in November 2006.
While dictating delivery times and days would result in the least costly distribution plan, Ohlmann says that this wasn't possible because some polling locations cannot easily accept delivery at certain times, and some poll workers' schedules are inflexible.
"In the end, we compromised with the poll workers," Ohlmann says, and a new protocol with more flexible delivery windows was developed. Ohlmann conservatively estimates that the new protocol resulted in one fewer truck and five percent fewer miles traveled for the general election.
In addition to the distribution of voting machines, Ohlmann is using his operations research expertise to try and improve other facets of election administration so that voters can more easily cast ballots. For instance, by using operations research to more accurately project voter turnout and to account for voter arrival patterns, election officials can better allocate the limited number of voting machines to precincts with greater anticipated need. This shortens lines and increases voter participation.
Ohlmann also says that operations research can potentially increase the equity and openness of elections by reducing the opportunity for election officials to distribute machines in a way that favors certain parties or candidates.
"If you use an analytical formula based on accepted facts to develop an allocation and distribution plan, and this objective plan varies significantly from one actually devised and implemented, it definitely raises questions about why," he says.
Some of Ohlmann's work with the Hamilton County Board of Elections can be found in the paper "Route Design for Delivery of Voting Machines in Hamilton County, Ohio," that was published in the journal Interfaces in 2009.


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Between the late 80s and the middle of the 'noughties', Shuttle produced AT, ATX and Micro ATX motherboards and it's most sought after hardware included the HOT603 Socket 7 product that was loosely based on the AMD640 motherboard.
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